Ned Beatty
Acting
Ned Thomas Beatty (July 6, 1937 – June 13, 2021) was an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award; and won a Drama Desk Award. These nominations stemmed from his performances in films and TV series like Network (1976), Friendly Fire (1979), Last Train Home (1990), Hear My Song (1991) and the adaptation movie "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (2004). He had great commercial success in memorable roles such as the executive Bobby Trippe in Deliverance (1972), Tennessee lawyer Delbert Reese in Nashville (1975), general attorney Dardis in All the President's Men (1976), the priest Edwards in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Lex Luthor's henchman Otis in Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980), Bates' right hand man Sydney Morehouse in The Toy (1982), twice characters Borisov and Pavel Petrovic in The Fourth Protocol (1987), TV presenter Ernest Weller in Repossessed (1990), Rudy Ruettiger's father in Rudy (1993), detective McNair in Just Cause (1995), Ray and Claude's warden/employer Dexter Wilkins in Life (1999), the simple sheriff in Where the Red Fern Grows (2003), the corrupt Senator Charles F. Meachum in Shooter (2007), United States Congressman Doc Long in Charlie Wilson's War (2007) and the voice of antagonist Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear in Toy Story 3 (2010).
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Stanley Bolander
Age 55 (now 83)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Otis
Age 69 (now 83)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Otis
Age 69 (now 83)
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
as Sam Lawrence
Age 57 (now 83)
Warren Oates: Across the Border
as Narrator (voice)
Age 56 (now 83)
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
Age 55 (now 83)
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
as Edward C. Acker
Age 53 (now 83)
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
as Duke of Bridgewater
Age 53 (now 83)Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
as Self
Age 50 (now 83)
The Haunting of Barney Palmer
as Cole Scholar
Age 49 (now 83)
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
as Rev. Mansfield French
Age 47 (now 83)
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
as Lynch Mob Leader
Age 46 (now 83)
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
as Benjamin Hammett
Age 44 (now 83)
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
as Self
Age 44 (now 83)
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
as Dr. Walter Keys
Age 43 (now 83)
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
as Country Bull
Age 37 (now 83)
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
as Ollie Thompson
Age 37 (now 83)
The Execution of Private Slovik
as Father Stafford
Age 36 (now 83)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Tector Crites
Age 35 (now 83)
The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance'
as Self
Age 34 (now 83)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Dr. David Lowry
Age 63 (now 83)
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Stanley Bolander
Age 55 (now 83)The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as Self
Age 50 (now 83)
Robert Kennedy & His Times
as J. Edgar Hoover
Age 47 (now 83)
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Rep. Leo Ryan
Age 42 (now 83)
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
as Ollie Thompson
Age 37 (now 83)
The Streets of San Francisco
as Eddie Boggs
Age 35 (now 83)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Age 25 (now 83)Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Ned Thomas Beatty, ند بیتی
IMDB
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